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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence does Aronnax give Land to support his theory of a large sea animal?
(a) scraps of flesh removed from some of the damaged ships
(b) some fuzzy photos taken by people who have spotted it
(c) a long scientific explanation on water pressure on various size animals at various depths of the sea
(d) and estimate of how it would be too expensive to make a machine like that

2. Why does Aronnax rule out the possibility of an individual creating the monster?
(a) There is no precedent for such a machine.
(b) The thing would cost too much for a private party to make.
(c) It cannot be something mechanical.
(d) One individual could not control something that large.

3. Who are the two people on board who are not enthusiastic about the search?
(a) Capt. Farragut and his frist mate are not happy with the assignment.
(b) Aronnax and Conseill are fearful about being on board.
(c) The two newspaper reporters are not happy to be on board.
(d) Neither Conseil nor Ned Land are excited to be on board.

4. What do they observe coming from the Ganges River?
(a) sea turtles
(b) salmon
(c) human bodies
(d) oil pollution

5. What is Aronnax's reply when Land asks if he would leave if Nemo gave them permission?
(a) Only if Nemo would go with them.
(b) He is not sure.
(c) No, he would not leave.
(d) He would jump at the chance.

6. What does Nemo show Aronnax in his own quarters?
(a) books on the seven seas
(b) many useful instruments for ocean travel and exploration
(c) pictures of his family
(d) maps he has made of the ocean floor

7. What nationalities does Aronnax guess the captors to be?
(a) Norwegian, Brazilian, or Russian
(b) Peruvian, Mexican, or Argentinian
(c) Spanish, Arabian, or Indian
(d) African, Asian, or Polynesian

8. What meat does Land manage to kill to take back to the Nautilus?
(a) an animal something like a hog and six rodents
(b) a deer and two rabbits
(c) a giant turtle and a pelican
(d) a few wild hens

9. Where was the Nautilus assembled?
(a) workshops on desert islands in the ocean
(b) in the Bermuda Triangle
(c) off the coast of Africa
(d) a warehouse in the south of France

10. What does Conseil think Captain Nemo is?
(a) an American spy
(b) a figment of their imagination
(c) a misunderstood genius
(d) a madman

11. What does Conseil politely ask Aronnax in the water?
(a) if he can cut away his clothes
(b) if he can see any other survivors
(c) if he knows how to tread water
(d) if he has any last wishes

12. What repels the savages trying to get inside the Nautilus?
(a) a burst of hot water
(b) a loud noise
(c) a bolt of electricity
(d) a battering ram

13. What is Aronnax beginning to think about Nemo?
(a) that he is actually a benevolent man trying to save the oceans
(b) that he is mentally deranged and a very dangerous man
(c) that Captain Nemo is filled with hate and seeking revenge
(d) that he is dying of some horrible disease

14. What does Ned Land plan once they are in the Mediterranean?
(a) a plot to kill Nemo
(b) a special feast of dugong meat
(c) an idea for a new book
(d) a campaign for the three prisoners to escape

15. What is Aronnax's assigned room like?
(a) a room with a view of the ocean
(b) a large room with a bed, dressing table and other furniture
(c) a hastily converted pantry
(d) a stark room just barely large enough for a bed

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aronnax find in the pearl grotto?

2. What does Nemo say do not exist in his undersea world?

3. What valuable item does Nemo take from a secret place?

4. What does Conseil believe about the outcome of the trip?

5. What does Aronnax conclude the minute he gets his invitation from Hobson?

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